Tablet



B. S. DAVIS April 18, 1939.

TABLET Filed Jun 16, 1938 Patented Apr. 1s, 1939 l 2,155,117

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TABLET Benjamin S. Davis, Newport News, Va.

Application June 16, 1938, Serial No. 214,107

3 Claims. (Cl. 281-21) My invention relates to improvement in tablets. The drawing shows the sheet 5 of carbon The object of my invention is to provide means shorter than the sheets 2 and 3 and whereby, whereby a series of sheets may be more readily when the original is turned back as shown in secured together and especially in tablets of a Fig. 1 the copy sheet 3 may be readily gripped l comparatively few sheets adapted for use in dufor separating it from the tablet, and likewise 5 plicating a record in a typewriter (or other on other follow sheets. recording devices or hand written records). The upper ends of the sheets 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1

Another object of my invention is to provide a and 8 are each provided with three registering tablet of this character in which two or more openings and passed around the ends of the sheets 10 sheets can be more readily secured together so is the securing strip I0. This strip I0 as shown 10 that any one of the sheets can be separated from in Figs. 2 and 3 is made from a single piece of the tablet without any liability of any of the paper preferably transparent, and has the porother sheets becoming detached. tion I l folded upon the bottom sheet 5 and the A further object of my invention is to provide portion I2 on the top sheet 2 covering the opena simple, effective and inexpensive tablet of this ings and said portions are pressed into said open- 15 character having certain details of structure and ings and secured together at 13 within each opencombination of parts to be hereinafter more fully ing. By this arrangement it will be seen that the set forth. sheets are iirmly secured together but if desired In the accompanying drawing: the portions Il and I2 of the securing strip may Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved tablet be cemented to the copy sheets 2 and 5. The -u showing the top sheet turned back at one corner. securing strip is preferably formed with the looped Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 portion cemented together for a short distance as of Fig. 1. indicated at I4 and whereby an extension is Fig. 3 is asectional view taken on the line 3-3 formed on the tablet so that it may be more of Fig. 1. readily inserted in the typewriter. 25

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on In the modification shown in Fig. 5 the securthe line 4-4 of Fig. 1. ing means comprises an upper strip l5 and a lower Fig. 5 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 3 of a strip I6 respectively above and below the sheets modied form of my invention. 2 and 5 and secured to each other through the This tablet is more particularly designed for openings in the sheets the same as shown in 30 making a number of carbon copies of a record in Fig. 3. The sheet may or mlay not be cemented a typewriter, yet the principle can be applied in to the sheets 2 and 5. making any type of tablet where it is desired to I claim:

secure three or more sheets together so that the 1. A tablet comprising a series of sheets having sheets can be removed one at a time without a series of registering openings arranged across 35 causing the separation of the other sheets. one end and a securing strip folded with a looped Referring now to the drawing, l represents my portion cemented together and forming a reimproved tablet which comprises an upper or duced portion and folded around the ends of the original sheet 2 and three copy sheets, 3, 4 and 5 sheets and cemented to the upper and lower sheet having the sheet of carbon paper 6 between the and cemented together through seid openings. 40 sheets 2 and 3, the sheet of carbon 'l between 2. A tablet comprising a series of sheets and a the sheets 3 and 4, and another sheet of carbon 8 securing strip folded with a looped portion cebetween the sheets 4 and 5, whereby three carbon mented together and forming a reduced portion copies of the original copy made of sheet 2 are and folded around the ends of the sheets and made on the sheets 3, 4 and 5. While I have cemented thereto and extending over the upper 45 shown the tablet designed to make one original and lower sheets and cemented thereto. and three carbon copies it will be understood 3. A tablet comprising a series of sheets having that the number of sheets and sheets of carbons a series of registering openings arranged across can be correspondingly increased to make any one end and a securing strip folded with a looped number of carbon copies desired. It is also portion cemented together and forming a reduced 50 understood this invention is designed to be used portion and folded around the ends of the sheets on an ordinary tablet and in such event the sheets and cemented thereto and extended over the of carbons would not be a part of the tablet but upper and lower sheets and cemented thereto and would be inserted when used and removed after cemented together through said Openingsu the record is made. BENJAMIN S. DAVIS. 

